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We are very excited about bringing back one of the largest tournaments from last season. The Hawaiian Hitfest began as a unique new idea in 2004 and was played at the Basehor Field of Dreams with just 45 teams. It was a tournament that began with accentuating the fun and camaraderie of sport. In the renditions since, we have seen unbelievable growth into a 300+ team tournament played at multiple venues across the KC Metro Area. This event has grown in terms of size, but also competitiveness.

For those of you that have played in this event in the past, you have undoubtedly run into Josh Williams. This was always his favorite event of the season, and his dream was to always make sure that we had NOBODY on the waiting list and get every kid a chance to experience the fun of the Hawaiian Hitfest. With Josh's passing, we have picked up the torch and are working to blow this event up Josh Williams MSP LOVE style.

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Final Placings

Once the event is completed, the usssa.com system must be manually configured to show the final placings and award the correct amount of corresponding points. Until this is done, the results may not show as final or be correct. We do this process for each event on Monday, which may take up through midnight on Monday to completely update and reflect accurate results.

MSP Love Award

What is MSP LOVE AWARD? For you that have attended our themed events in the past you probably remember the Game MVP medals we give after each pool games. This is always a great chance for us to award a deserving player for their outstanding play during that game. As much as we love to award these accomplishments we are wanting to take this a different direction for the Hawaiian Hitfest.

Many of you know we lost a vibrant part of the MSP staff, Josh Williams in August of 2012 and he had phrased the slogan “MSP LOVE”. It has several different meanings but the one that sticks out the most to us is his want and desire to share LOVE to players, coaches, and fans. We have adopted “MSP LOVE” as part of our mission statement as a way to always remember Josh but to also share that love with the community.

In youth sports we spend so much of our time chasing the performance based accomplishments and we believe miss the impact youth sports can have on a player. Most of the time we believe this is positive impact but can be negative if the wrong message is sent from us adults as coaches and fans. That is why we are wanting to award a player after each pool game with a “MSP LOVE” medal. Some of the attributes to look for when handing out this medal should emphasize on the following:

A kid that displays outstanding character on the field. (examples of character is but not limited to love, fun/joy, kindness/goodness)

An extraordinary example of sportsmanship

An example of respect

An example of hustle

Our goal with this award is to not award the best athlete or best player on the team but to award these kids for other areas in life that we feel are most important. At the conclusion of each pool game you play you will award a kid from the opposing team with a “MSP LOVE” medal. The opposing team will do the same for a kid on your team.

We thank you for your support in “MSP LOVE”!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our MSP Love and Walking Beside campaigns are teaming up with the KC Rescue Mission (KCRM) for the weekend of May 17-19, 2013. We will be doing a Collection Drive contest for each event, where teams will bring in packages of crew socks. The team with the most packages of socks donated will be the winner. Our goal for this drive is to collect enough packages of socks to provide for the KCRM's Men's and Women's homeless shelters for the ENTIRE YEAR! We ask everyone to get involved with this great cause because such a simple gesture of donating socks will mean the world to these people in need. We currently have 600 teams total in all of our events for the May 17th weekend. If each kid on every team would bring one package of 6 pairs of socks, that would be close to 36,000 pairs of new socks to go towards this amazing cause. There will be a collection drive going on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9 am- 7 pm for every tournament.

The contest aspect of the collection drive will be simple. Each team will be awarded a single point for each pair of socks that they donate. For example, a pack of six pairs of socks will get you team 6 points, whereas a pack of twelve pairs of socks will get you 12 points towards the contest. There is no limit to the number of socks that your team can donate, so please reach out to friends, family, coaches, players, and anybody who would like to help contribute to this amazing cause. The contest will be between all of our teams for the entire weekend and prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams that collect the most points during the collection drive. The prizes will be as follows:

1st PLACE:$500 MSP Gift Certificate

2nd PLACE:$300 MSP Gift Certificate

3rd PLACE:$200 MSP Gift Certificate

Collection Drive Times & Locations

Saturday 9 am - 7 pm

Hawaiian Hitfest

Blue Valley Rec (Fields 18-25): Sock table on left as you enter the gate

Blue Valley Rec (Fields 5-12): Sock table near concession Stand

Celebration Park (Gardner): Tournament Director Station in middle of complex

Field of Dreams: Tournament Director Station by Flag Pole

Heritage Park: Tournament Director Station by office

Markey Park: Tournament Director Station by garage near concession stand

Mid America West Sports Complex: Sock table under shade tree on main walkway

Westside Park: Tournament Director Station

Bringin the Heat

Lake Shawnee Softball Complex: Tournament Director station in the office at the complex

Shawnee North: Tournament director station in middle of complex

Charlie Brown

Adair Park: Tournament Director Station in the office at Adair

Hartman Park: Tournament director station near concession stand

Event Activities & Contests

For the 2013 Hawaiian Hitfest, we will be bringing some special activities. These activities are designed create an atmosphere of fun and camaraderie among these players that compete with each other week-in and week-out.

Spirit Contest

A full-team interactive competition including parents, fans, coaches, and players.

Dugout Decorating Contest

A test of your creativity and ability to integrate the Hawaiian theme.

MSP Love Award

See description in the sidebar for information on this item.

Baseball - Hawaiian Hitfest

We will be awarding a Site Champion/Runner-Up for the for the Dugout and Spirit each of the various locations. Here are the awards that will be given:

Site Winner $100 voucher for future MSP event

Site Runner-Up $50 voucher for future MSP event

Certificates will be sent to each team after the event

Contest Winners

Blue
Valley Rec North
(Fld 18-25)

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Topeka Venom 11AA

Site Runner-Up

LS Angels 10AAA

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Strike Zone Young Guns 10AA

Site Runner-Up

Bomb Squad 11AA

Blue
Valley Rec Main
(Fld 5-12/16-17)

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

KC Hitmen 11AA

Site Runner-Up

Landsharks 11AA

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Next Level Red 13AAA

Site Runner-Up

MO Thunder 11AA

Celebration
Park

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Strike Zone Hawks 12A

Site Runner-Up

Shawnee Cougars 10A

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Rangers - Smith 13A

Site Runner-Up

Topeka Generals 12A

Field
of Dreams

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Blue Valley Cardinals 12AA

Site Runner-Up

Advanced BB Stremming 12AA

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Topeka Golden Spikes 12AA

Site Runner-Up

Shockers Baseball 12AA

Heritage
Park

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Storm Chasers 9A

Site Runner-Up

Strike Zone Outlaws 11A

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Direct Buy Sluggers 9A

Site Runner-Up

Strike Zone Outlaws 11A

Markey
Park

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

PC Mavericks 14AAA

Site Runner-Up

Volcanoes 13M

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

PC Mavericks 14AAA

Site Runner-Up

Volcanoes 13M

Mid
America Sports Complex

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Shawnee Redsox 11AA

Site Runner-Up

RMC A's 13U

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Kansas Mudcats 12AAA

Site Runner-Up

Rico Smoke

Mid America West
21-28

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

KS Coyotes 9AA

Site Runner-Up

Midwest Blacksox 11AA

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Manhattan Force 11AA

Site Runner-Up

KC Firesharks 9AA

Mid America West
8U

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Lawrence Lightning 8AA

Site Runner-Up

Elite 8AA

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Huskies 8AA

Site Runner-Up

MInsky's Orioles

Westside Park

Dugout Decorating

Site Winner

Blazers - McClure 10A

Site Runner-Up

World Famous Screwbirds 13A

Spirit Contest

Site Winner

Lawrence Cubs 10A

Site Runner-Up

Copperheads 10A

Tournament Awards

Tournament Awards

For this event, we pride ourselves on unique themed items as trophies to present a unique memory for those teams that bring home the "hardware". 2013 is no different. Here are some of the items that we have secured for team and individual awards:

Team Awards (40" Warrior Mask)

Individual Awards (8" Warrior Mask)

The awards will be very similar to these. There are multiple designs for each one (up to 10 different varieties).